2014年8月12日 星期二

2014-08-13 Pakistan Science

  The Nation   
Fishermen drag dead whale to Karachi shore  The Nation
KARACHI - The body of what fishermen say is an estimated 70-foot whale was pushed to the coast of Karachi on Tuesday morning. Local fishermen in the locality of Ghas Bandar area along the coastal belt said the whale got entangled into their fishing net, ...

A 60-footer: Fishermen find dead Arabian Humpback   The Express Tribune
70-foot whale found dead in Karachi   Business Standard
Dead Wahle dragged to Karachi shore   Frontier Post

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  Ring of Fire   
The climate change money machine  The Hill (blog)
The period of atmospheric and surface warming that began in the late 1970s ended in the mid- to late 1990s, but the climate change industry is hot. Witness a new effort by Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) to use unsupported assertions about the hugely ...

False Balance - Climate Skeptics Over represented in the Media   Dumb-Out
Media Still Disproportionately Including Views of Climate Skeptics, Study Says   Yale Environment 360
Appeals to the climate consensus can give the wrong impression   Business Spectator
Ring of Fire   
CounterPunch   
iStreet Research   
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  The Press, York   
Design-a-dinosaur at museum session using fossil clues  The Press, York
CURATORS at the Yorkshire Museum are looking to dispel some dinosaur myths and legends this summer holiday. Running tomorrow, Wednesday, August 13, youngsters will get the chance to work with an artist at two drop-in sessions from 11am-1pm and ...

Jurassic Journey: 5 Dinosaur Attractions   TravelPulse
Dinosaur Train to chug into Phillipsburg   Allentown Morning Call (blog)
Dinos 'quickly' shrunk into birds   Science News for Students
CCTV   
Pakistan Observer   
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  Fox News   
NASA Builds World's First 3D Printed Space Camera  FileHippo News
3D printing is already being used extensively by NASA. Things like rocket engine parts and a space pizza maker have been created using 3D printing. Now, by the end of September, the first space camera made almost entirely from 3D printing will be debuted ...

Soon, world's first 3D-printed space camera   Daily Times
World's first 3D-printed space camera to be ready next month   Business Standard
NASA is building the world's first 3D-printed space cameras   Fox News

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  Blue & Green Tomorrow   
Mercury pollution in upper ocean has tripled since Industrial revolution  Blue & Green Tomorrow
The amount of mercury in the upper ocean has tripled since the industrial revolution, according to a new study that leaves little doubt that humans are to blame. Mercury, which is made as a byproduct in human activities such as fossil fuel burning and the ...

Fossil Fuels Raising Mercury Levels in Oceans: Study   De Smog Blog (blog)
Study: Oceans more tainted with manmade mercury   Chesterton Tribune

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  BBC News   
Iranian Becomes First Woman to Win Math's Top Prize  Voice of America
An Iranian-born mathematician has become the first woman to win the prestigious mathematics prize known as the Fields Medal. Maryam Mirzakhani will receive the award, widely considered the Nobel Prize for math, at a ceremony in Seoul, South Korea, ...

Iranian-born Stanford professor first woman to win top maths prize   swissinfo.ch
Major mathematics awards to two Indian origin scientists   The Hindu
Meet the winners of the Fields medal – the 'Nobel prize of maths'   The Conversation
The Guardian   
Waterloo Record   
NEWS.GNOM.ES   
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  NPR   
Perseid meteors light up skies tonight, despite supermoon  CNET
These showers are so stunning that Google even dedicated an animated Doodle to the celestial show. by Dara Kerr · @darakerr; August 12, 2014 7:30 PM PDT. comments. 0. facebook. twitter. linkedin. googleplus. more. more +. email. tumblr. stumble.
WATCH LIVE: Perseid meteor shower should be at its peak tonight   The Denver Channel
Perseid meteor shower peaks Tuesday night: How and when to watch this rare ...   Tech Times
Perseid Meteor Shower May Be Visible Despite 'Super Moon'   Big Island Now
CBC.ca   
WKYC-TV   
WOODTV.com (blog)   
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  NBCNews.com   
Saving the Elephants? State Bans on Ivory Trade Gather Steam  NBCNews.com
New York's new ban on the trade in elephant ivory was signed into law Tuesday — World Elephant Day — on the heels of a call by a major conservation group for a total global clampdown. But can such bans help save the world's elephants from extinction?
Battling the Ivory Trade   New York Times (blog)
Despite severe poaching, hopeful signs on World Elephant Day   Christian Science Monitor
12 Shocking Numbers That Reveal Grim, Gruesome Truth Behind Elephant ...   Huffington Post
New York Daily News (blog)   
SFGate   
National Geographic   
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  Brisbane Times   
Climate change, industry threaten reef  Echonetdaily
Climate change is the most serious issue it faces, a federal government report says, with fears of 'far reaching consequences in the decades to come'. Coastal development, poor water quality from land-based run-off and fishing continue to threaten ...

Climate change, industry threaten reef – report   Cowra Community News
Bank Ducks Challenge Over Australia's Great Barrier Reef   Courthouse News Service
Report points to bleak outlook   Mackay Daily Mercury
My Sunshine Coast (press release)   
Salon   
The Australian   
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  The Guardian   
Weather in a warming world  Oman Tribune
SUMMER heatwaves and downpours have become more frequent in the northern hemisphere this century, apparently because extreme weather can get trapped for weeks in the same place in a warming world, a study showed on Monday. Disruptions to the ...

Blame the trapped air waves and Arctic warming for the extreme-weather events   Tech Times
Extreme Weather Causing Rise in Arctic Temperature   Upstart Magazine
Extreme summer heat, rain on rise as weather gets trapped-study   Thomson Reuters Foundation
iStreet Research   
Science Recorder   
Businessweek   
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